This paper examines a proposal to incorporate the use of wetlands in water quality trading (WQT) programs in order to meet national wetlands goals and advance WQT. It develops a competitive WQT model wherein wetland services are explicitly considered. To participate in a WQT program, an...

Many kinds of water pollution occur in pulses, e.g., agricultural and urban runoff. Ecosystems, such as wetlands, can serve to regulate these pulses and smooth pollution distributions over time. This smoothing reduces total environmental damages when the instantaneous" damage function is convex....

chapter 1 Introduction to Economic Jargon and Decision Tools -- chapter 2 A Closer Look atValuation Methods and Their Uses -- chapter 3 Valuing the Restoration of Acidic Streams in the Appalachian Region A Stated Choice Method -- chapter 4 Using Hedonic Modeling to Value AMD Remediation in the...